Layer Breton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Residential. 2 related planning applications.
Layer Breton Hall
- WRENN ID
- pitched-timber-dale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Layer Breton Hall, Layer Breton Hill, CO2 0PT
- OS grid reference
- TL 948 171
- Coordinates
- 51.81883, 0.82592
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Layer Breton Hall is a mid-18th century red brick house featuring a red plain tile hipped roof. The building is two storeys high with attics and has a square plan with central chimney stacks. The east front has a three-window range with double hung, vertical sliding sashes that include glazing bars set in gauged arches. The south front also has a three-window range with similar sashes and arches. Notable features include a fine pediment doorcase with a semi-circular fanlight above, and the east front has a flat canopied doorcase with pilasters, a decorated fanlight, and a six-panel door. The interior retains good period detailing, including fireplace surrounds and a staircase.
Local climate
Layer Breton Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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